I wrote: >Some use gimbal heads as well, like the Wimberley. Both a video and a gimball >head force you to level the tripod in >order to work most effectively. A >fluid video head could be something to consider if you will use the lens with >converters a lot. >
Let me just add that neither a ball head or a gimball head are ultimate in stability regardless of what some folks say. The reason is that a ball head keep up the lens/camera assemblage through a thin stem. On a gimball head the whole mass of the camera/lens system is cantilevered. The ultimate is a heavy duty pan-tilt or a fluid video head. The latter is the best in both stability and usage as the lens will balance in all direction. It is costly though and a heavy duty video head is heavy. Pål
